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Prevention, retention and contingency program: excluded income and resources.

What is excluded as income and resources
when determining financial eligibility for prevention, retention and
contingency (PRC) benefits and services?

(A)
Child support payment distributions made
by the Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) pursuant to division
(C) of Section 1 of Am. S.B. 170 of the 124th General Assembly
(10/25/2001).

(B)
All income that
is federally excluded in the determination of eligibility for federal
needs-based programs. Federally excluded income includes the income sources
identified in paragraphs (C) and (D) of this rule.

(C)
Drug discounts and transitional
assistance received under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act, at Section 1860D-31(g)(6) of the Social Security Act
(12/08/2003). The language in Section 1860D-31(g)(6) of the Social Security Act
states that the availability of negotiated prices or transitional assistance
under this section shall not be treated as benefits or otherwise taken into
account in determining an individual's eligibility for, or the amount of
benefits under any other federal program.

(D)
Monetary allowances paid under Section
401 of the Veteran's Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000,
effective December 1, 2000. Payments authorized and made by the
veteran's administration (VA) to provide certain
benefits, including a monthly monetary allowance for children with covered
birth defects who are the natural children of women veterans who served in the
republic of Vietnam from February 28, 1961 through May
7, 1975.